CORPORATE TENT DIVIDES BOARD

Tony PerriCHICAGO TRIBUNE

Members of the village's Zoning Board of Appeals deadlocked Wednesday night on a request by the managers of the Woodfield Corporate Center that it be allowed to erect a large, outdoor tent from May through October for the use of its tenants.

As a result, the matter will go to the Village Board without a recommendation for or against from the zoning board.

The Woodfield Corporate Center building, at 150 N. Martingale Rd., has an outdoor sports complex with amenities for tenants such as putting greens and a volleyball area.

The requested 40-by-60-foot tent would be 150 feet south of the 150 N. Martingale building, according to the representatives of U.S. Equities Realty Inc., general managers of the center.

The tent would be used for tenants to eat lunch in the shade or during inclement weather, for parties, to house volleyball equipment and putters, and to house an office consisting of a lawn chair and portable phone for the manager of the sports complex, said Gregory Dose, an attorney representing U.S. Equities.